Archive for October, 2007

Did you know AdSense, AdBrite, Chitika Mimimalls & etc? I think of course you know what it’s all about. It about PPC (Pay Per Click) ads right? Basically like this, we display their ads on our sites/blogs & they pay when someone click/s the ads.

So, here comes another program/company for the same concept as above. I called it WB the WidgetBucks. Their motto is “Ads suck. Ours don’t“. So cool huh! I’ve just joined the program today & as you can see, the example of WidgetBucks PPC ads on my page here (at the top).

Some Features & Benefits of WidgetBucks

What Makes WidgetBucks Different

With WidgetBucks, you can start earning more money today — and keep your focus on publishing.

• Higher eCPMs  Hands down, WidgetBucks exceeds traditional publisher’s CPM targets of $1-$2
• Content vs. ads  WidgetBucks delivers engaging, contextual, rich-media widgets that complement your site content
• Easy deployment  Placing customized code on your site takes just minutes, and only MerchSense auto-optimizes your widget rotation based on performance tracking

You reap the rewards of PPC ad widgets that earn better than $2 CPM. We’re seeing $3-$6 CPM on our widgets, about three times that of traditional ad networks.

Some Highlghts:

What is so interesting about Widgetbucks is they offered instant $25 sign-up bonus for both Publishers or Bloggers, which gets you half way to your first check! With WidgetBucks’ Referral program, affiliates can earn a 10 percent referral fee based on the commissions earned by the people they refer. Affiliates receive this 10 percent for the full 12 months after the new member joins. Payouts to affiliates are monthly, along with their commission checks.

So, why not give it a try? Join now for free $25 as startup money!
 
JOIN NOW!!!

Actually i’m so worried for the first time i’ve got this error on my wordpress blog: “MySql Server Has Gone Away”. I thought there’s a problem or something wrong with my Wordpress database or my webhosting, but actually it was because a problem that was related with MySql server itself.

I’ve just refer to here and found the actual caused:

“it shows that mysql might time out on your connection.
especially when mysql_connect in php, it actually reuse your old connection when calling mysql_connection (which is alike ms$ connection pooling )”

So, here’s how to fix it: just replace the original wp-db.php with the new one. The file is located@ wp-includes/wp-db.php (just overwrite the existing file).  This is the latest version of the fix. At first, rename the downloaded file to wp-db.php(from wp-db-2.3-fixed.phptxt) After that, you’re good to go!

Download the fix here

(the fix is from http://robsnotebook.com)

Zoe, a domestic shorthair cat, touches the mouse of a computer during a media preview for The Cat Fanciers’ Association 5th Annual CFA-Iams Cat Championship in New York October 10, 2007

Today i’ve just read about thousands of foreign teachers have been made jobless and face expulsion from Japan. It’s after the country’s biggest chain of English language schools folded and sought protection from creditors.

Nova Corp said on Friday that it has filed for court protection from creditors amid efforts to turn its business around after being punished by authorities for misleading students.

Nova has some 7,000 employees, of whom about 4,000 are foreigners, Japanese media estimated. Many have not been paid for months as the company struggled to keep afloat.

The British and Australian embassies in Tokyo are offering advice to its nationals left jobless.

About 300,000 students, many of whom who have prepaid for lessons, are also affected by the school shutdown.

“It’s a quite a large problem,” said an official at Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra. The Australian government estimates about 900 Australians are employed at Nova.

The Australian government has asked national carrier Qantas to offer reduced airfare for a limited period to Australian Nova employees wishing to go home.

The British Embassy also said on its web site on Saturday that it was “aware of recent concerns regarding payment of wages to Nova employees,” and said they are “closely monitoring the situation.”

It urged the employees to contact regional Nova offices and workers’ union representing the company’s workers.

Many teachers, unaware that the company had decided to file for court protection, turned up at work on Friday only to find the schools closed.

“Teachers are always the last ones to be told,” the Japan Times newspaper quoted 32-year old Genevieve Latimer, an Australian, as saying. “I haven’t even received my September paycheck.”

Many teachers are also left worried about their visa status.

Nova, which operates over 900 schools in Japan, posted net losses for the past two business years and said it held a total 43.9 billion yen in debt as of July.

you can read more@ YahooNews

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